Bowie returns with new track 'Where are we Now?'

This week on the day of his 66th birthday David Bowie gave his fans a surprise present by releasing his first recording in 10 years. The song 'Where are We Now?', from his new album The Next Day to be released in March, went straight to the top of the international charts.

The peak of Bowie's career was in the 1970s and 80s, although he continued to release albums through the 1990s. Australian music historian Roger Griffin and author of the soon to be released Bowie, The Golden Years, 1970 to 1980 told RN Breakfast that he believes Bowie has been taking time out of the spotlight to be a 'proper dad' to his daughter born in 2002. Now that his daughter is older, Griffin says, the itch to record has returned.

Listen to the song and see the quite weird film-clip, directed by Tony Oursler, on his website.